AN ILL-INFORMED and sectarian letter appeared in the last issue of Outlooktwo months after the defeat of the RMT on the Underground.
Its author, who doesn't work on the Underground, claims new realism has come to the pages of Socialist Outiook and that we covered up for the role of MT bureaucracy. It is therefore rathe trange to claim that the bureaucracy the same error as others on the left without active upporter on the activists and representatives themto pass the buck to the mit tants on the District Council. It is more accurate to say that the bureaucracy totally failed the membership than that they sold us they refused to allow the strike to be postponed rather than call off This undoubtedly let ASLEF off the hook, but it made little difference to the outcome for two reasons. Firsty, by the Either we had a strike or we didn't Secondly, despite the ballot, the never had any intention of striking had aready Plan and only c they realised no ot section to 5,000 jobe Under pressure from the RMT Dis paign and the rank and file they evade a strike allot, first by organising a referendu stead, and then in a delayed balk by inviting their members to vote for action action' SLEF Readership and most of the We welcome letters on any subject but please keep them brief. Letters over 350 words will be cut. Send your letters to: Socialist Outlook PO Box 1109, London, N4 2UU